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La vie de Galilée (2019)

Directed by Eric Ruf, Corentin Leconte

Overview

Accompanied by a child, the mathematician Galileo observes the firmament with a telescope. Ten years ago, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned in Rome for having supported the idea of an infinite and centerless universe, based on the work of Copernicus. By dint of observations and calculations, Galileo seeks proofs for his hypothesis of a cosmic system where the Earth is “an ordinary celestial body, one among thousands”. From Padua to Venice, the mathematician shakes certainties by confronting the power of a Church which wishes to maintain its absolute power in the “crystal spheres” where Ptolemy has hitherto locked up the world.

Length 142 minutes

Actors

Loïc Corbery | Thierry Hancisse | Pierre Louis-Calixte | Hervé Pierre | Véronique Vella | Florence Viala | Elise Lhomeau | Bakary Sangaré | Serge Bagdassarian | Nicolas Lormeau | Jean Chevalier | Jérémy Lopez | Birane Ba | Chloé Bellemère | Salomé Benchimol